A decentralized collaborative provider directory

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]Provider Identity and its related data is foundational to the delivery of healthcare. From graduate medical education to state licensing, medical staff credentialing and health system and payor contracting, the ready availability and reliability of data about a provider’s identity and credentials are paramount to ensuring patient safety and high quality care.

Globally, the world is facing a shortage of qualified health-workers. The shortage, currently estimated at 7.9 million, will grow to 12.9 million health-works by 2035*. A crucial challenge amidst this shortage is the ability to identify, locate and communicate with health-workers in remote locations.

But single provider’s identity is a complex composite of data points. There are multiple elements held by multiple disparate stakeholders like medical schools and residency programs and certifying boards while other data elements tend to change often over the course of a provider’s career such as practice and hospital affiliation, practice location and whether they are accepting new patients. In many circumstances the precise location of a provider or health-worker is a vital, actionable piece of information that is difficult to update.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1497292040487{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #f2f2f2 !important;}” offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm”][vc_column_text]

A decentralized collaborative provider directory

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]Provider Identity and its related data is foundational to the delivery of healthcare. From graduate medical education to state licensing, medical staff credentialing and health system and payor contracting, the ready availability and reliability of data about a provider’s identity and credentials are paramount to ensuring patient safety and high quality care.

Globally, the world is facing a shortage of qualified health-workers. The shortage, currently estimated at 7.9 million, will grow to 12.9 million health-works by 2035*. A crucial challenge amidst this shortage is the ability to identify, locate and communicate with health-workers in remote locations.

But single provider’s identity is a complex composite of data points. There are multiple elements held by multiple disparate stakeholders like medical schools and residency programs and certifying boards while other data elements tend to change often over the course of a provider’s career such as practice and hospital affiliation, practice location and whether they are accepting new patients. In many circumstances the precise location of a provider or health-worker is a vital, actionable piece of information that is difficult to update.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” background_color=”#5ac5cb” css_animation=””][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_column_text]

Why Blockchain

Provider Identity is not centralized. The various data that comprise a provider’s identity and credentials are neither centrally granted, administered nor consumed. Rather, a vast array of stakeholders are vital in the production and consumption of the data that surrounds a provider’s identity. An easily auditable market-level data structure will deliver trust and efficiency in a market that currently has neither. The blockchain is a key enabling technological platform to support complex, multi-party, trusted transactions. Hashed Health is working with its partners to deliver a protocol for the registration and validation of these data assets that drive a fundamental and necessary part of our healthcare marketplace.